Post by benbrucato on Oct 22, 2011 14:14:08 GMT -5
I have emailed a friend who teaches Pan-African Studies at Kent State if he knows anyone. I used to study in that department (over a decade ago), back when he was a fellow student, and is now an instructor there. But if anyone here knows someone there, that would be good, too...
I would like to see if we could invite someone from the department (preferably faculty, but students perhaps) to come down to the park to do teachins on African and/or Black History catered toward children (specified ages?), and working with them to advertise these to the community. This would provide a vital community need. It would also provide a message that Occupy Albany is a space that is safe and is addressing issues of relevance to communities of color. (The latter point, obviously, would be limited to African and African-American communities, but it provides an example of other such things we could work on, like teachins on labor history, Latino/a history, etc.) We should acknowledge that most people are reasonably concerned for safety at these kinds of events, and we should take proactive steps to create safe spaces and project that image of safety.
Just an idea I wanted to toss out there to see if you all wanted to work on.
Cheers,
Ben
I would like to see if we could invite someone from the department (preferably faculty, but students perhaps) to come down to the park to do teachins on African and/or Black History catered toward children (specified ages?), and working with them to advertise these to the community. This would provide a vital community need. It would also provide a message that Occupy Albany is a space that is safe and is addressing issues of relevance to communities of color. (The latter point, obviously, would be limited to African and African-American communities, but it provides an example of other such things we could work on, like teachins on labor history, Latino/a history, etc.) We should acknowledge that most people are reasonably concerned for safety at these kinds of events, and we should take proactive steps to create safe spaces and project that image of safety.
Just an idea I wanted to toss out there to see if you all wanted to work on.
Cheers,
Ben
